Vitamin Poisoning

Too many buyers are pressured into purchasing a myriad of unnecessary vitamins, believing the more vitamins they take, the better it is for their overall health. But are synthetic vitamins really good for you? New research suggests they may not be. See below to learn the disturbing facts behind synthetic vitamins and their harmful side effects.

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Synthetic Vitamins Linked to Higher Death Rates

A 2011 study printed in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that several commonly used vitamin and mineral supplements were associated with a higher mortality risk. Among the vitamins tested and indicated these risks are iron supplements, synthetic multivitamins, vitamin B, folic acid, magnesium, zinc, and copper.

Intestinal upset interferes with zinc and copper absorption, loss of appetite, not safe for those with iron storage disorders such as hemosiderosis, idiopathic hemochromatosis, or thalassemias. Toxic build-up in liver, pancreas, and heart.

Magnesium

N/A

Diarrhea at large dosages of poorly absorbed forms (like Epsom salts). Disturbed nervous system function because the calcium-to-magnesium ratio is unbalanced; catharsis, hazard to persons with poor kidney function.

Weight loss, pallor, constipation, fever, hypocalcemia. In infants, calcium deposits in kidneys and excessive calcium in the blood; in adults, calcium deposits throughout the body (may be mistaken for cancer) (pregnant women must be careful), deafness, nausea, kidney stones, fragile bones, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, increased lead absorption.

Vitamin E

1,000 IU

The safe dose is probably over 2,000, but some people experience weakness, fatigue, exacerbation of hypertension, increased activity of anticoagulants at 1,000 IU, while some research shows that as little as 300 IU can slow down the immune system. Can destroy some Vitamin K made in the gut. A small amount of immune suppression is probably a reasonable tradeoff for vitamin E’s much needed antioxidant activity.

Vitamin K

No known toxicity with natural (phylloquinone); synthetic (menadione), while relatively safe, when administered to infants may cause hemolytic and liver enlargement. Anemia in laboratory animals.

Some of these studies (or citations) may not conform to peer review standards. Therefore, the results are not conclusive. Professionals can, and often do, come to different conclusions when reviewing scientific data. None of these statements have been reviewed by the FDA.